IBM DS4700 Express manual Tape Storage Systems Entry-level/Midrange Tape Products, Worm

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Tape Storage Systems

Entry-level/Midrange Tape Products

Entry-level Tape DrivesEntry-level Tape LibrariesMidrange Tape DrivesMidrange Tape Libraries

 

TS2230

TS2240

3580

TS2340

 

TS3100

TS3100

TS3200

TS3200

 

TS1030

TS1040

 

TS3310

TS3500

Product

3580

3580

3580

3580

 

3573 L2U

3573 L2 3 featur-

3573 L4U

3573 L4U featur-

3588

3588

3576

3584

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ing Ultrium Half-

 

ing Ultrium Half-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High drives

 

High drives

 

 

 

 

 

 

Machine Type

3580

3580

3580

3580

3573

3573

3573

3573

3588

3588

3576

3584

model

H3L, H3S, PNs

H4S, PNs

L33, PN 3580L3H

L43, S43, PNs,

 

L2U and PNs

PNs 3573L32,

L4U and PNs

PNs 3573L34,

 

F3B

F4A

 

L5U

L53

 

3580L3E,

3580S4E,

 

3580L4X,

 

3573L3S,

3573S32, 3573

3573L3H,

3573S34, 3573

 

 

 

 

E9U

D53

 

3580S3E

3580E4S

 

3580S4X

 

3573F3S,

S42, 3573 E42

3573F3H,

S44, 3573 E44

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3573L4S,

 

3573L4H,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3573F4S,

 

3573F4H,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3573S4S

 

3573S4H

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product

Multiplatform

3 Gbps SAS

Multiplatform

3 Gbps SAS

 

Multiplatform

Multiplatform

Multiplatform

Multiplatform

 

Multiplatform

Multiplatform

 

Multiplatform

Multiplatform

strengths

support

attachment

support

attachment

 

support

support,

support

support,

 

support

support

 

support

support

 

Half-high form

Encryption

Backward read

Encryption

 

High performance

Same capacity

High performance

Same capacity as

 

High performance

High performance

 

High performance

High performance

 

factor

capable

capable to LTO1

capable

 

High capacity

as full high at a

High capacity

full high at a

 

High capacity

High capacity

 

High capacity

High capacity

 

Lower entry price

Multiplatform

Max performance

Multiplatform

 

 

lower price

 

lower price

 

 

Data protection

 

Modular design

 

 

 

support

for LTO3

support

 

 

Supports both

 

Supports both

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High capacity

 

High performance

 

 

LTO3 and LTO4

 

LTO3 and LTO4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Half-high form

 

High capacity

 

 

Half-high drives

 

Half-high drives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

factor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of drives

1

1

1

1

1

1–2 LTO half-high

1–2

1–4 LTO half-high

1

1

 

1–18

1–192

Max number of

1

1

1

1

24

24

48

48

 

NA

NA

396

6,8871

cartridges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORM/

yes/no

yes/yes

yes/no

yes/yes

 

yes/yes

yes/yes

yes/yes

yes/yes

 

yes/no

yes/yes

 

yes/yes

yes/yes

Encryption

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Native capacity

Gen 3: 400 GB

Gen 4: 800 GB

Gen 3: 400 GB

Gen 4: 800 GB

 

Gen 3: 9.6 TB

Gen 3: 9.6 TB

Gen 3: 19.2 TB

Gen 3: 19.2 TB

 

400 GB

800 GB

 

Gen 3: 158.4 TB

Up to 5.5 PB

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gen 4: 19.2 TB

Gen 4: 19.2 TB

Gen 4: 38.4 TB

Gen 4: 38.4 TB

 

 

 

 

Gen 4: 316.8 TB

 

Typical capacity2

Gen 3: 800 GB

Gen 4: 1600 GB

Gen 3: 800 GB

Gen 4: 1600 GB

 

Up to 38.4 TB

Up to 38.4 TB

Up to 76.8 TB

Up to 76.8 TB

 

800 GB

1600 GB

 

Up to 633.6 TB

Up to 11 PB

Native

Gen 3: 60 MBps

Gen 4: 120 MBps

Gen 3: 80 MBps

Gen 4: 120 MBps

 

120 MBps

Up to 240 MBps

Up to 240 MBps

Up to 480 MBps

 

80 MBps

120 MBps

 

2.16 GBps

Up to 23 GBps

performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interface

LVD SCSI, 3 Gbps

3 Gbps SAS

LVD SCSI

LVD SCSI, 3 Gbps

 

4 Gbps FC

3 Gbps SAS

4 Gbps FC

3 Gbps SAS

 

4 Gbps FC

4 Gbps FC

 

4 Gbps FC

4 Gbps FC

 

SAS

 

 

SAS

 

3 Gbps SAS

LVD SCSI

3 Gbps SAS

LVD SCSI

 

 

 

 

3 Gbps SAS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LVD SCSI

 

LVD SCS

 

 

 

 

 

LVD SCSI

 

Supported tape

NA

NA

NA

NA

 

N/A

NA

NA

NA

 

TS3500

TS3500

 

NA

NA

libraries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Platform

System p,

System p,

System p,

System p,

 

System p,

System p,

System p,

System p,

 

System p,

System p,

 

System p,

System p,

support4

System i,

System x and oth-

System i,

System i,

 

System i,

System i,

System i,

System i,

 

System i,

System i,

 

System i,

System i,

 

System x,

ers supporting

System x,

System x,

 

System x,

System x,

System x,

System x,

 

System x,

System x,

 

System x,

System x,

 

Microsoft Window

3 Gbps attach

Microsoft Window

Microsoft Window

 

Microsoft

Microsoft

Microsoft

Microsoft

 

Microsoft Window

Microsoft Window

 

Microsoft Window

Microsoft Window

 

s, HP-UX,

 

s; HP-UX;

s, HP-UX,

 

Windows; HP-UX;

Windows; HP-UX;

Windows; HP-UX;

Windows; HP-UX;

 

s; HP-UX;

s; HP-UX;

 

s; HP-UX;

s; HP-UX;

 

Sun Solaris, Linux

 

Sun Solaris; Linux

Sun Solaris, Linux

 

Sun Solaris; Linux

Sun Solaris; Linux

Sun Solaris; Linux

Sun Solaris; Linux

 

Sun Solaris; Linux

Sun Solaris; Linux

 

Sun Solaris; Linux

Sun Solaris; Linux

Application

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,

A (others in plan)

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,

A (others in plan)

 

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,

A, B (others in

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,

A, B (others in

 

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,

A (others in plan)

 

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,

support5

H, J, L, M

 

H, J, L, M, N7

 

 

H, J, L, M, N7

plan)

H, J, L, N7

plan)

 

H, J, L7

 

 

H, J, L7

H, J, L7

Media

Refer to Tape

Refer to Tape

Refer to Tape

Refer to Tape

 

Refer to Tape

Refer to Tape

Refer to Tape

Refer to Tape

 

Refer to Tape

Refer to Tape

 

Refer to Tape

Refer to Tape

 

Media, page 8

Media, page 8

Media, page 8

Media, page 8

 

Media, page 8

Media, page 8

Media, page 8

Media, page 8

 

Media, page 8

Media, page 8

 

Media, page 8

Media, page 8

Warranty period

3 years6

3 years

3 years6

3 years6

 

3 years6

3 years6

3 years6

3 years6

 

1 year

1 year

 

1 year

1 year

Warranty type

CRU

CRU

CRU

CRU

 

CRU

CRU

CRU

CRU

 

Onsite Repair

Onsite Repair

 

Next Business

Onsite Repair

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(24x7)

(24x7)

 

Day (9x5)

(24x7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F/W = Fast/Wide, Diff = Differential, N/A = Not Applicable, FC = Fibre Channel, X = Extended length cartridge, IOE = IBM Onsite Exchange, CRU = Customer Replaceable Unit

NOTES 1: Max number of cartridges decreases as tape drives are added. 2: Typical compression for open system environments is 2:1 (user results may vary) 4: Also includes selected IBM xSeries®, IBM Netfinity®, IBM System i, IBM AS/400® and IBM System p servers. System z support for Linux only

5:Refer to http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/tape/library.html#interoperabilityfor current application support 6: In most countries 7: The following vendors provide application support to the platforms defined above: A = IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager, B = Symantec VERITAS NetBackup, C = Symantec VERITAS Backup Exec, D = EMC Legato NetWorker, E = CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup, F = HP OpenView Storage Data Protector, G = CommVault Galaxy, H = BakBone NetVault, I = LSC, J = IBM BRMS, K = IBM OnDemand, L = Help/Systems Robot/Save, M = LXI Media Management, N = Dantz.

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